Manure-loader.



P. A. JAKE, HANURE LOADEB. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1912.

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JAHIFL MANURE LOADER.

APPLICATION rum) SEPT.22.1913.

Patented June 2, 1914.

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rnnzonnicn' A. JAHN, on NEW rnheun'mmnnsorn 1 Specification of Letters Patent,

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Application fi led September 22, 1913. I Serial hi0. 791,064.

To all whom it may concern Be'it known that I, hrnnnnion A. Jenn,

a citizen of the United, States, residing at .Ncwlrague, in the county of Lesueur and State ofMinncsota, have invented a new and useful Manure-Loader, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices forloadmg manure sprcaders, and the pbyect to provide a machine which when attached to manurespreader or manure hauling wagon and the latter is driven over a barnyard or other ground where manure has been deposited, will automatically take the manure from the ground and load it into the box of the wagon or spreader as. the case maybe. 7 In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1' a side elevation of my manure gatherer and loader attached to therear portion of a wagon of thekind known as manure spread ers, they having certain mechanism by which to spread the manure automatically as they are drawn; of said mechanism only some. parts are -shown. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of what is shown in Fig. 1 but with the spreading mechanism sufliciently completed to enable the operation of the loading device in combination with the spreader to be described. i

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals,1 designatesthe hind wheels. 1 the hind axles, 2 the box and 3 the endless movable'bottom of a manure spreader of the type resembling a. wagon, having four wheels,

and-a tongue and draft appliance (not I shown) to iwhicha team'is usually hitched and as the vehicle is drawn over a field the manure is. fed rearward. by motion of the endlessbottom 3 and an operative connecs tion'with one of the wheels 1, while a rotaty ing roller 4 mounted in the open rear end of.

the box 2, is also operatively connectedwith one of the hind wheels 1 and-rotated ata considerable speed so as to spread the manure ppon the field. It is to'such a ma-' nure spreader in general that my loading device, presently to be described, is attached,

preferably by having its pole 6 provided with ahole 7 adapted to go upon a stud 8 of a bar 9 and be detachably. held in place follows: wheels 1 is a cog wheel 12 (see Fig.2) meshby a pin 10 in the-stud. Said bar crosses Patented June c1914.,

the box 2 below the lower-run of the endless conveycr 3 constituting-the bottom of the box, and'has its ends 9 turned upward and secured at 11 to the sides of the box.

The operative connections already mentioned may be of anysuitable construction,

but in order to show them as operable in combination with loading device I will describe one forrnof them, which maybe as Rotated by. one of the ground ing with a smaller cog wheel or pinion 13;

the latter is fixed to a sprocket 14 by a sleeve 15, which is rotatable on a stud 16 where it 15 slidably retained between two pins 17, 18.

The wheel l'is provided with several studs 19, and the sprocket 14; with a single stud 20. A link belt 21 connects the sprocket 14 with a sprocket 22 fixed on the spreading roller 4:.

On a stud 23 rotates and slides a wheel 2i having spaced peripheralco s 25 and a pcripheral groove 26 in its hub. In said grooveengages a finger 27 of acollar 28,

having a screw 29 for'securing it in any dein operation the entire operating mechanism j-ust described is set at rest by moving the sleeve 15 inward on its stud until the pinion '13 passes out of mesh with the cog-wheel 12; In such position the-sleevemay beheld by the pin 18, which is for that'purpose moved .into an extra hole 30in the stud, outside the pinion 13. g 1

Turning now to the loading device,,the'bi-' furcated rear end of the pole 6lwhich pole may also be termed a tongue or a reach, is

connected with the axle'30 oiithe loader.

Said axle is journaled in the hubs of two supporting wheels 31, 32, each of which has its hub formed-withratchet teeth 33,

ranged to engage. a similar hub 34 of a sprocket wheel 35.

. 37, and movable into either one of two notches 38, 39 in an extension of the frame arm. Mounted (see Fig. 1.) is the main frame 4l'of-the loader. In. said frame are j'ournaled two rollers 42, 43 over-which an endless conveyer belt 44, having carriercleats 45 is stretched and-is operated by a sprocket wheel 46 fixed on the roller 43 and engaged by a linkbelt 47 from the" right side sprocket 35. The

frame 41 is held at. any desired incline bybraces 48, supported on lateral projections 49 of the pole-and havingeach a slidable joint 50 making it""extensible.

J ournale'd on the axle is also-an arched .frame 51, whose top bar'52 crosses the main frame; said arched frame is preferably counterbalanced in an inclined position by a rod 53 pivoted'to it and slidable in a post 54 p on the main frame, said rod is near its upper end provided with a nut 55, between which and the post 54 is partly compressed a coil spring 56; The desired incline of the frame 51 is'regulated by a lever 57 pivoted at 58 and-connected to the frame by a link 59. On the hand lever 57 is mounted a fingerlever 60, operating by a rod,60" a dog 61,

which is arranged to engage a notched'sector:

62' fixed on the main frame.

Mounted'on the arched frame by a stud 63 is a sprocket 64, driven by a link-belt 65 and the sprocket 35 at the leftside of the machine- Fixed to the sprocket 64 is a cog wheel 66, which meshes with a pinion 67,

that is fixed, on ,a multiple crank-shaft 68 journaled in bearings 69 on the arched frame.'

Eachcrank of the crankshaft engages. in

a box 70 of arod 71, which has its upper end guided in an. aperture 72 in, a transverse;

frame bar 73, which is mountedon posts 74 secured on the main frame; the rear end of each rod-is provided with a rake 75. In Fig. 1-7 6 designates anti-friction rollers sup porting the upperrun of the endless carrier" 44. Said carrier islpref'erably made of endless link belts-and wooden strips 77 (see Fig. 2). secured thereon, but as such endless aprons -;or carriers, are already known in almost every possibleform, I need nothere describe any specific construction of same.

In the operation of the machine the loader is attachedto the spreader, and as the former-is drawn by a team or other suitable 'power the crank shaft operates the rakes,

moving them in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 1, so that the rakes take -up the manure fromthe ground and throw it upon' Each of said sprockets is slidfable onlthe axle and-engaged hiya shifter 36, or. 36*, fulcrumed on a frame arm on theaxle' 3 O'by bearings 40 the conveyer 44,.'and as the latter is simul taneously operated by the link-belt 47 the manure is carried upward and forward and deposited into the rear end .of the box'2 of the spreader. To prevent that only the rear end of. said box be filled the bottom 3 of the box is kept in forward mot-ion by the mecha' nism'already' described for thatpurpose; and; if such motion should be greater than may be operated only intermittently by moving the wheel 24 to the position 24 only when the rear end of the box is getting too full, and otherwise keep the'whee'l at 24".

' During the loading process the, link belt 21' remains idle, being removed from one or both of its sprockets. I

When the box '2 is loaded the loader is detached from. the stud 8 and left at the b'arn yard or wherever the suppl of manure is located, the wheel 24 is place at 24", the

spreader is driventothe field, the link belt 21- put onthe sprockets, thewheel 24 moved to the full line position and the machine is has been moved out-of mesh during the driv mg to the field, so asfto prevent'noisennd "necessary the mechanism causing the motion ready to work as a spreader. If the gear 13 wear by having'the gears in mesh when not in use, the gear 13 must be restored tomesh with its driver 12 before the spreadin is commenced. The reason why I do not show ,proper levers or shifters for movingtlie wheels 13, 14 and 24'is.that such shiftingde-' I vices are well known and subject to. public a manure spread- ,sides of the box and extending across and?" clear below said lower 'run; and an'automatic manureloading device mounted on wheels and having'a tongue'or pole, and meansfor detachahly attaching said pole to the middle o Said bin-when the loader-is in. position to load manure into the box'of the spreader.

In a manureloadin'g devioe-thecombi nation with an axle, supporting wheels oneat each end there, a main frame mounted on theiaxle', an inclined endless conveyor, in the main frame, .an upwardly arched frame pivotally mounted at the sides of the main frame, a 'multiple c'rank shaft journaled'in the arched frame, series of manure gathering and moving devices guided on the main frameand operated by the crankshaft so as to pick up and deliver manure upon the conveyer, a sprocket wheelon the axle near each supporting wheel, a gear pinion fixed onjthe crank shaft, a stud fixed on the arched frame, a gear wheel rotatable on the stud and meshing with the pinioma sprocket fixed to the the rollers of the belt connecting said sprocket with the other sprocket on the axle, and means for coupling 10 supporting Wheel gear wheel and a. link-belt engaging said means for attaching said loader to a manure sprocket and one of the sprockets on the spreader or other vehicle having a box into axle, and means for coupling the latter sprocket to the adjacent supporting Wheel Whenever sodesired; a sprocket on one of endless conveyer, a linkthe last mentioned sprocket to the adjacent when so desired, and

which the manure is to be loaded.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK A. JAi-nt. Witnesses:

MICHAEL SCHIENER, JOSEPH B. MAERTZ. 

